Bill Text: IL HB5602 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that if the Department of Public Health fails to provide a written explanation of the reason or reasons why evidence or arguments submitted for an informal dispute resolution were insufficient to refute the informal dispute resolution findings within 30 days of receiving the informal dispute resolution, then the alleged licensure violation shall be withdrawn from the official record and no penalty shall be imposed. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-07-15 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0555 [HB5602 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB5602-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 099-0555
HB5602 Enrolled LRB099 19007 MJP 43396 b
AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by changing
Section 3-713.5 as follows:
(210 ILCS 45/3-713.5)
Sec. 3-713.5. Informal dispute resolution. Pursuant to the
requirements of subsection (c) of Section 3-212 of this Act,
when a facility submits comments refuting to licensure
findings, it shall be considered an informal dispute resolution
if the same findings were not submitted for an informal dispute
resolution pursuant to protocols for federal certification
deficiencies established by the federal Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services. The Department shall review
documentation submitted as the basis for an informal dispute
resolution. If the Department determines that the submitted
evidence or arguments were insufficient to refute the findings,
then the Department shall provide a written explanation of the
reason or reasons why the evidence or arguments were
insufficient to refute the finding. If the Department fails to
provide a written explanation of the reason or reasons why the
evidence or arguments were insufficient to refute the informal
dispute resolution findings within 60 days of receipt, the

alleged, disputed licensure violation shall be cited, but no
penalty shall be imposed.